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I wasover the New Year holidayswith my familyin Kavala, which is a port cityin northern Greeceby theThracianSea. It hasabout50,000 inhabitantsandyou can find herecozycafes,greatshops,a beautiful beachand evena fortress.

We aresooohappy because weareaway from everyday lifeandthe only thing on my to do list is: Relaxing!!! This sweet girl is my niece, she lives with us since she was 4 years old and we raise her as our child.

Here we are on theway to the fortress, the road wasquite steepandI was out of breath.That broughtme anotherresolution forthe new year: Losing weight andgetting fit– “Just likelast year?” “Just asevery year, James!”

Before we leftthe city, we strolled once again through theharbor areaandvisitedthe beach.

Other things Imade:

I startedfor the umpteenthtime (I stopped counting) a new attemptwith myGreek–learning program toimprove my language skills. Probably this will bea lifelong process.

The Greek languageis very extensive,here’s an example: In the Guinness Book of Records the Greek language is mentioned with5 millionwordsasthemost verboselanguage in the world. The English language, however, has 490,000words and 41,615 wordscomefrom the Greek language.

I took some oldcrochet projectsout of the closet and found ... Well,you may know him? At some pointI lost interestbecause itgot too complicated,but nowI wanted totake up the challengeagain.

As soon as I’m finished I will post the pattern on my blog,I have tochangehere and therea few things, write down thepattern, crochet the jacket…so it couldtake a while.

Anotherproject thatI startedlastyear, is the dollEmily. Emilyis adress up dollandyou see herthis yearmore oftenwith differentclothes. I am writingthe patternandcrochether againto make sure, that everything is fine.Inmy next postyou will find thepattern, for sure! Promise!

And then, well then came thereal lifeand sent mea job offer(help for socially vulnerablechildren and teenagers), and Isimplycould not refuse. This willtake up a lot of time andI think it will be a little bit quieteronAmilovesgurumi over the next months. Sodon’t be surprised if everything works in slow motion, then my timeflowsina goodjob!

See you soon and have I said it before, no? Oh well: I wish youa wonderfulyear, full ofmagic, beautifulmoments, wildadventures andrelaxing hourswith crocheting sweet Amigurumi, Karin

Thank you so much! Yes, you’re right, a family will give you support in difficult times and shares with you joy and happiness. But there are also people who have not experienced this despite having a family. I’ve experienced both and I know how difficult life can be when you grow up in a family who has many difficulties.

Thank you so much, I put Gru away because I couldn’t find a solution for the head. The head is not round, finish right after the eyebrows and there is almost no back of head. But luckily this year I found a solution. Now I can go ahead and crochet the jacket 🙂

You have a beautiful family and what an interesting place to visit with them. I have the same new year resolution too! <3. Interesting about the Greek language. I plan to make lots of ami's and patterns this year plus spinning. Best wishes for your new job and Happy New Year to you also. <3